ch. 12- reconstruction section #1
TRANSCRIPT
Reconstruction opening video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIC8ifQlDVY
After the video, write a reflection and include 5 facts along with these sentence starters I was surprised by… I predict that… I wonder why/what…
Causes and Effects
Read the first page in your packet “Putting the Nation back together”
Write a paragraph about the causes and effects of Reconstruction
What about the South?
The War devastated the South economically
Took away the South’s source of cheap labor (slavery)
Also wrecked the region’s industry 40% of livestock killed, and farm land
and railroad tracks destroyed
Richmond, 1865
War is Over…Now What? Abolition of slavery (13th Amendment) Huge gap between the northern and
southern economy Physical devastation of South Reunification of the country Reconstruction of the South Increased federal authority
Costs of the War
Union war costs totaled $2.3 billion Confederate war costs ran to $1 billion Deaths:
Union=360,000 Confederate=260,000
War changes Lives
13th Amendment-abolished slavery 14th & 15th Amendment- citizenship and
rights for Black Americans
Foundation of the Red Cross
Reconstruction
Reconstruction
The period after the Civil War when the US began to rebuild
Lasted from 1865-1877 The process of re-admitting the Confederate
states to the Union Abraham Lincoln, (VP) Andrew Johnson, and
Congress had different views on how it should be handled
Pg. 187
Lincoln’s Plan for
Reconstruction
Johnson’s Plan for
Reconstruction
Congress’ Plan
10% of southern voters had to swear an allegiance to the Union
Kind to the South, reform the country
10% Plan Like Lincoln
Did not want to give rights to freed slaves•Stopped the Civil Rights Act•Stopped the Freedmen's Bureau
(Radical Republicans)
Tough on the South!Wanted to Punish them for starting the War!
Military Law*Must accept new amendments
Main Idea
Congress opposed Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plans for Reconstruction and instead applied its own plan to rebuild the South
Reconstruction was an important step in African American’s struggle for civil rights
Lincoln’s Plan
Lincoln favored a “compassionate” Reconstruction policy
He believed that it was individuals, not states, who had left the Union
Lincoln wanted to make the South’s return a quick and easy process
Johnson’s Plan
After Lincoln’s assassination Johnson was left to deal with the Reconstruction controversy
Many thought that he would have a harsher plan for the South
JOHNSON HAS DISGUST FOR RADICAL REPUBLICANS ATTEMPT AT IMPROVING AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE/ BUT HE WAS A FORMER ABOLITIONIST!
RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1867
RADICAL REPUBLICANS MAKE THEIR MOVE
DID NOT RECOGNIZE SOUTHERN STATE GOVERNMENTS UNDER LINCOLN AND JOHNSON’S PLANS-EXCEPT FOR TENNESSEE
SPLIT TEN FORMER CONFEDERATE STATES INTO 5 MILITARY ZONES
Reconstruction Act of 1867 Did not recognize southern state
governments under Lincoln and Johnson’s plans-except for Tennessee
Split ten former Confederate states into 5 military zones
Johnson Impeached
The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was one of the biggest scandals in the United States during Reconstruction.
Johnson was impeached for breaking the Tenure of Office Act.
He had removed Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, from office and replaced him with Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas.
Found Not Guilty!
What Now?
Grant elected 14th Amendment-Citizenship for African
Americans 15th Amendment- African American males
given the vote
WHAT NOW?
GRANT ELECTED14TH AMENDMENT-CITIZENSHIP FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS15TH AMENDMENT-
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES GIVEN THE VOTE
DISCRIMINATION
• THE BLACK CODES WERE LAWS PASSED ON THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL MAINLY IN THE RURAL SOUTHERN STATES IN THE UNITED STATES TO LIMIT THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.
• WHILE MANY NORTHERN STATES ALSO PASSED LEGISLATION DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
Freedmen’s Bureau
Set up to assist former slaves AND poor whites
Distributed food and clothes Set up hospitals and schools
Freedmen’s Bureau school
Discrimination
The Black Codes were laws passed on the state and local level mainly in the rural Southern states in the United States to limit the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans.
While many northern states also passed legislation discriminating against African Americans before the Civil War
Flip card game- Vocab review
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